21 Jun
2004
21 Jun
'04
12:19 p.m.
From: "Jay West"
<jwest(a)classiccmp.org>
Hi
I think the most important part of someone going into
software writing is learning how to deal with making
mistakes. The rest, a person will eventually learn.
Dealing with making mistakes takes a different kind
of person. They either learn to deal with it or find
a chicken farm someplace in Iowa.
Dwight
Yes, but writing compilers is a specialty.
I disagree... for comp sci majors. If you don't understand lexical and
syntax analysis, code generation and optimization, and the necessary data
structures (this is the most important part), for your whole career in
computer science you are walking on sand.
Jay West